All Rabbit Breeds
This catalog of rabbit breeds lists all rabbit breeds recognized in the USA, including a brief description and a link to the breed's national organization (if available). The American Rabbit Breeders Association
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ALL RABBIT BREEDS: A
American
Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds Type: Semi-arch (mandolin) Color: Blue, White Distinctive: Old American meat breed; breed has been identified as critically endangered Contact: Breeders of the American Rabbit American Fuzzy Lop
Senior Weight: 3 1/2 - 3 3/4 pounds Type: Compact and short Colors: Agouti, broken, pointed white, self, shaded and wide band Distinctive: A lop-eared rabbit resembling the Mini Lop, but smaller, and with wool that is at least 2 inches long. National Club: AFLRC - American Fuzzy Lop Rabbit Club on Facebook American Sable
Senior Weight: 7 - 10 pounds Type: Commercial Color: Shaded sepia brown, very dark on face and points, and lighter across body. Distinctive: Color National Club: Angora - English
Senior Weight: 5 - 7 ½ pounds Type: Compact Color: Many. Regardless of color, wool colors are very pale due to dilution of pigment. Distinctive: Its fine soft wool up to 5 inches long. All areas of rabbit covered in wool, except for the immediate face. National Club: National Angora Rabbit Breeders Club Angora - French
Senior Weight: 7 ½ - 10 ½ pounds. Type: Commercial Color: Many. Regardless of color, wool colors are very pale due to dilution of pigment. Distinctive: Wool is about 4 inches long. Head and ears are not wooled. National Club: National Angora Rabbit Breeders Club Angora - Giant
Senior Weight: 9 ½ pounds and over. (No maximum weight given.) Type: Commercial Color: Ruby-Eyed-White (Albino) Distinctive: Giant size, wooled, ears tasseled with wool. National Club: National Angora Rabbit Breeders Club Angora - Satin
Senior Weight: 6 ½ - 9 ½ pounds. Type: Commercial Color: Many. Regardless of color, wool colors are very pale due to dilution of pigment. Distinctive: Wool is fine, soft and silky, carrying the sheen of a satinized wool shaft. Sheen is evident over the entire body, including head and ears, which are not heavily wooled. National Club: National Angora Rabbit Breeders Club ALL RABBIT BREEDS: B
Belgian Hare
Senior Weight: 6 - 9 ½ pounds Type: Fully arched Color: Brilliant, rich, deep red, of a tan or chestnut shade. Distinctive: Arched and racy, hare-like in appearance. National Club: Belgian Hare Club Beveren
Senior Weight: 8 - 12 pounds Type: Mandolin Color: Black, blue and white Distinctive: Its mandolin shape on a large body suitable for meat production. National Club: American Beveren Rabbit Club Blanc de Hotot
Senior Weight: 8 - 11 pounds Type: Commercial Color: Entirely frosty white, except for an 1/8 inch black "eyeband" around eyes. Eyes are brown. Distinctive: Eye markings. National Club: Hotot Rabbit Breeders International Britannia Petite
ALL RABBIT BREEDS: C
Californian
Senior Weight: 8 - 10 ½ pounds Type: Commercial Color: White, with black at the points (nose, ears, feet and tail). Eyes are red. Distinctive: Himalayan markings in a commercial rabbit National Club: Californian Rabbit Specialty Club Champagne D’Argent
Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds Type: Commercial Color: Bluish white, with interspersed jet black hairs, giving an old silver effect. Distinctive: Its color. National Club: Checkered Giant
Senior Weight: 11 - 12 pounds minimum (no maximum weight) Type: Arched Color: White with black spots and spine stripe; white with blue spots and spine stripe Distinctive: Large size, body type and spots. National Club: American Checkered Giant Rabbit Club Chinchilla - American
Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds. Type: Commercial Color: Resembling the chinchilla - black and white banded hair shafts Distinctive: Color. This breed is recognized as critically endangered. Contact: American Chinchillas Chinchilla - Standard
Cinnamon
Senior Weight: 8 ½ - 11 pounds. Type: Commercial Color: Rusty or cinnamon, with uniform smoke gray ticking across the back Distinctive: Color National Club: Cinnamon Rabbit Breeders Association Crème D’Argent
Senior Weight: 8 - 11 pounds Type: Commercial Color: Creamy white with a bright orange cast due to orange undercolor Distinctive: Color National Club: Creme d'Argent Federation ALL RABBIT BREEDS: D
Dutch
Senior Weight: 3 ½ - 5 ½ pounds Type: Compact Color: Black, blue, chocolate, gray, steel, or tortoise, with distinctive white markings Distinctive: Marking patterns National Club: American Dutch Rabbit Club Dwarf Hotot
Senior Weight: Maximum weight = 3 pounds. Type: Compact Color: Pure white, except for a uniform band of black around the eyes of the thickness of two pennies on edge. Eyes are brown. Distinctive: Eyebands. National Club: American Dwarf Hotot Rabbit Club ALL RABBIT BREEDS: E - F
English Spot
Senior Weight: 5 - 8 pounds Type: Arched Color: White, with nose butterfly, eye circles, ears, cheek spots, spine and side spots in these colors: black, blue chocolate, gold, gray, lilac, tortoise. Distinctive: Carriage and markings National Club: American English Spot Rabbit Club (www.aesrc.com) Flemish Giant
Florida White
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ALL RABBIT BREEDS: G - I
Harlequin
Senior Weight: 6 1/2 - 9 1/2 pounds. Type: Commercial Color: Black, blue, chocolate and lilac in two groups: Japanese (dark/orange), Magpie (dark/white). One ear black, the other orange. Sides of face, chest and legs alternate colors, and back should have 5 or 6 alternating bands or bars. Distinctive: Alternating markings National Club: American Harlequin Rabbit Club Havana
Senior Weight: 4 ½ - 6 ½ pounds. Type: Compact Color: Black, blue, chocolate, brokens Distinctive: Medium-small, vibrantly colored. National Club: Havana Rabbit Breeders Association Himalayan
Senior Weight: 2 ½ - 4 ½ pounds Type: Cylindrical Color: Pointed: Pure white except for points, which are black, blue, chocolate or lilac: nose, ears, feet and tail Distinctive: Cylindrical shape National Club: American Himalayan Rabbit Association Holland Lop
Senior Weight: Not over 4 pounds. Type: Compact, with head high Color: Agouti, broken, pointed white, self, shaded, tan, ticked, wide band Distinctive: Small size and lopped ears. National Club: Holland Lop Rabbit Specialty Club ALL RABBIT BREEDS: J - L
Jersey Wooly
Senior Weight: Not over 3 ½ pounds. Type: Compact Color: Agouti, broken, AOV, self, shaded, tan Distinctive: Petite and 3 inch wool National Club: National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club Lilac Lop - English
Senior Weight: 9 pounds and over (no maximum weight) Type: Semi-arched Color: Agouti, broken, self, shaded, ticked, wide band Distinctive: Enormous, lopped ears National Club: Lop Rabbit Club of America Lop - French
Senior Weight: 10 ½ pounds and over (no maximum weight) Type: Massive Color: Agouti, broken, self, shaded, ticked, wide band Distinctive: Massive size, lopped ears National Club: Lop Rabbit Club of America ALL RABBIT BREEDS: M
Mini Lop
Senior Weight: 4 ½ - 6 ½ pounds Type: Massive, compact Color: Agouti, broken, pointed white, self, shaded, ticked, wide band Distinctive: Lopped ears, compact yet massive in effect National Club: Mini Lop Rabbit Club of America Mini Rex
Senior Weight: 3 - 4 ½ pounds Type: Commercial in effect, yet in a little body Color: Black, blue, blue-eyed white, broken, castor, chinchilla, chocolate, Himalayan, lilac, lynx, opal red, seal, tortoise, red-eyed white Distinctive: rex fur on petite body National Club: National Mini Rex Rabbit Club Mini Satin
Senior Weight: 3 1/4 - 4 3/4 pounds Type: Commercial in petite package Color: Ruby-eyed white (chinchilla, opal, red and siamese starting Feb 2010) Distinctive: Satin fur National Club: American Satin Rabbit Breeders Association ALL RABBIT BREEDS: N
Netherland Dwarf
Senior Weight: Not over 2 ½ pounds Type: Compact Color: Agouti, self, shaded, tan pattern, any other varieties Distinctive: Tiny round size, short ears National Club: American Netherland Dwarf Rabbit Club New Zealand
ALL RABBIT BREEDS: O - P Palomino
Senior Weight: 8 - 11 pounds. Type: Commercial Color: Golden, lynx Distinctive: Color National Club: Polish Senior Weight: Not over 3 ½ pounds Type: Compact Color: Black, blue, broken, chocolate, blue-eyed white, ruby-eyed white Distinctive: Petite size National Club: American Polish Rabbit Club ALL RABBIT BREEDS: R - S
Rex
Senior Weight: 7 ½ - 10 ½ pounds Type: Commercial Color: Amber, black, blue, broken, Californian, castor, chinchilla, chocolate, lilac, lynx, opal, otter, red, sable, seal, white Distinctive: Rex fur National Club: National Rex Rabbit Club Rhinelander
Senior Weight: 6 ½ - 10 pounds Type: Arched Color: White with evenly distributed black and orange markings on nose, eye circles, cheek spot, ears, spine, side spot and tail. Distinctive: Tri coloration, markings National Club: Rhinelander Rabbit Club of America Satin
Senior Weight: 8 ½ - 11 pounds Type: Commercial Color: Black, blue broken, Californian, chinchilla, chocolate, copper, otter, red, Siamese, white Distinctive: Satinized hair shafts - finer diameter and a more transparent hair shell resulting in brilliant colors and enhanced sheen. National Club: American Satin Rabbit Breeders Association Silver
Senior Weight: 4 - 7 pounds Type: Slight mandolin Color: Black, brown, fawn Distinctive: Even silvering over entire rabbit due to silver-white hairs and hair-tips; considered a ‘rare’ breed National Club: National Silver Rabbit Club Silver Fox
Senior Weight: 9 - 12 pounds Type: Commercial Color: Black which is ‘silvered’ (other varieties in development) Distinctive: Long, evenly silvered fur, and is a meat breed. Silver Fox breed is recognized as critically endangered. National Club (presence on Facebook only): National Silver Fox Rabbit Club Silver Martin
Senior Weight: 6 - 9 ½ pounds Type: Lighter commercial Color: Black, blue, chocolate, sable, in a tan pattern (‘tan’ areas are white in this breed) Distinctive: Black and silver coloration, long silvery guard hairs evenly distributed up sides of rabbit National Club: Silver Martin Rabbit Club ALL RABBIT BREEDS: T - Z
Tan
Senior Weight: 4 - 6 pounds Type: Arched Color: Black, blue, chocolate and lilac, with fiery tan triangle, chest and belly Distinctive: Rich fiery tan and lustrous top colors National Club: American Tan Rabbit Specialty Club Thrianta ("Tree-AHNta")
Senior Weight: 4-6 pounds Type: Compact Color: A fiery, brilliant red with dark brown eyes. The belly is a slightly lighter shade of red. Distinctive: Its amazing, fiery red color. National Club: American Thrianta Rabbit Breeders Association These are all rabbit breeds recognized in the USA. We hope you found some breeds that grabbed your interest.
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